🌟 AUGUST THEME : AN EVER-CHANGING GOD🌟

Monthly Social Event - August 26, 2025

Greenville Drive Chamber Night

Doors open at 5:45pm with a start time of 6:45pm

New Day is a member of the Upstate LGBTQ Chamber. As a result, we get to participate in special chamber events. We’re excited to have our August monthly social at Chamber Night at Fluor Field. Join us for a great evening of food, fun, and baseball. The $10 ticket includes:

A fully catered, all-you-can-eat picnic buffet in Fluor Field’s exclusive 500 Club
Your first drink on the house
A chance to win fantastic raffle prizes courtesy of Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
Full access to watch the Greenville Drive take on the Bowling Green Hot Rods (High-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays)

Come enjoy a night at the ballpark with fellow Chamber members and friends. Great food, great company, and hometown baseball—what more could you want?

Please contact Pastor Brian if you are interested. It is assigned seating, and he is getting seats together. We already have more a dozen people attending!!

Dear Beloved Community,

Pain, Empathy, and an Ever-Changing God

This week has been especially hard for me health-wise. Over the past four days,I have been in more pain than I can remember in a long time. My shoulder/scapular area has been screaming at me day and night. I cannot find a position that feels good. I have not been able to sleep well. I have been in bed pretty much all week. I have had to set aside things I wanted and needed to do because the pain will not let up. The doctor was of little help and prescribed physical therapy without caring about my pain management. I went to see a chiropractor and

Pain has a way of narrowing life down to the bare essentials. When every movement hurts, your world gets smaller. I find myself measuring each action, asking if I can lift this or carry that, and sometimes choosing not to try. Very quickly it is not just my body that feels limited. My mind goes to the people I am not calling, the commitments I am not keeping, the tasks I am not finishing. I start to feel like I am letting people down. That can chip away at my sense of worth before I even realize it is happening.

I do not believe God gave me this pain. But I do believe God is here in it, not as a detached observer but as a God who responds to what is happening in my life. Pain can become a teacher, showing me that my value is not in what I produce or accomplish. It can slow me down enough to see that others live with pain far worse and far longer than I am experiencing, and that empathy grows best in the soil of shared human limitation.

Our theme this month is An Ever Changing God. Scripture tells the story of a God who is moved by what God sees, who shifts course, who changes in response to human need. This is not weakness; it is love in motion. God is not fixed in place but bends toward us in joy and in grief, in strength and in weakness.

This week has reminded me that life with God is not about performing at full capacity all the time. Sometimes our call is simply to receive, to let God come close, to let others care for us, and to let go of the illusion that we are indispensable. If God is ever changing in response to our lives, then I can trust that God is meeting me right here, in my limitations, with the same love and attention as in my most productive days. Pain may shrink the scope of what I can do, but it does not diminish who I am or how God sees me. And maybe that is the quiet gift hidden in all of this.

Blessings,

Pastor Brian

New Day continues its mission to become a "church beyond the walls" with a broad range of activities to build community and several ways to grow in your faith and spirituality over the rest of this month.

*Note the location for each event.

Upcoming Events Summary

Board of Elders Meeting: Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 2pm. If you would like to sit in on the meeting please let Pastor Brian know.
Worship Service: Sunday, August 17, 2025. 10:30 a.m. at Other Lands with congregational meeting about revised 2025 to immediately follow.
Monthly Service Project: Sunday, August 24, 2025, 9:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. at Project Host. Please sign up with Pastor Brian.
Monthly Social Gathering: Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Greenville Drive Chamber Night. Game begins as 6:45 p.m. Please RSVP to Pastor Brian ASAP. Tickets are $10 and include game, meal, and drink. Pastor Brian will order a block of tickets so we can be seated together.
Restorative Yoga: Saturday, September 6. 2025. 11am - 12pm. See Signup below.

Project Host Soup Kitchen - August 24, 2025

Volunteer

Join us as we prepare and serve hot meals to almost 100 guests at Project Host's Soup Kitchen. Sunday, August 24, 2025, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Project Host is located at:
525 S Academy St
Greenville, SC 29601
Easy parking in their lot

Sign up Required

If you'd like to add anything for next weeks' community prayer, please contact Pastor Brian at pastor@newdayccc.com.

Prayers for Jason W. who is looking to have his benefits approved. Prayers that he is able to find a good apartment.
Prayers for Beth as she recovers from oral surgery.
Prayers for Pastor Brian's mother as she recovers from foot surgery.
Prayers for Pastor Brian who is struggling with intense back pains.
Prayers for Jason G's and his family as they mourn the loss of Mama Pat.
Prayers for Sherry's co-worker Stephen.
PRAISES that Tracy and Laura had a safe drive up from Florida.
Prayers for Pastor Brian's friend Dana who is trying to get her religious work visa. There was a delay in her expedited application, and she has been forced to leave her position as pastor of her church. This has affected her driver's license and also her daughter's ability to start college at UGA this month.
Prayers for Sam's cousin Pamela who just moved from Minnesota.
Prayers that Christian gets a job he's been interviewing for.
Prayers for Ed as he gets his blood pressure under control.
Prayers for Andrea and pain management.
Prayers for those who are struggling with physical, mental, and economic challenges.
Prayers for those who have suffered trauma and those who suffer from anxiety, depression and other mental health issues.
Prayers for those suffering the effects of war.
Prayers for our nation as we face local, national, and global challenges.
Prayers for those of us who are suffering from the blistering attack on our community by the current administration.
Prayers for Pastor Brian, Scott, Brooke, Sarah, and others who have unspoken requests this week.

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731 Rutherford Road, Greenville, SC 29609

New Day Christian Community Church exists to provide a diverse, open, and affirming Christian community to all who desire a discipleship walk with Jesus Christ by offering challenging worship experiences, mission-based service opportunities, and Biblical learning so that we are empowered to reach out to others, introduce them to the love and strength of the beloved community, and invite them to join the faith journey of discipleship.